This year, Ropes & Gray has seen some “unusual” turnover — as its managing partner recently put it in an interview — especially for a firm that operates in the upper echelon of corporate legal services. But firm leaders say the number of exits don’t tell the whole story. “Many who have left — we haven’t necessarily prevented them…

Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which means summer is over, kids are back in school, and Big Law attorneys are on the move. Following the typically slow month of August, the inboxes at Big Law Business were filled on Tuesday morning with a slew of job change announcements. Below is a round-up of notable Big Law hires…

After 24 years with Kasowitz Benson Torres, Aaron Marks is parting ways for a global platform. Marks, whose clients have included AMC Networks and luxury fashion brand Coach, will join Kirkland & Ellis next Monday, he told Big Law Business. He joins with fellow Kasowitz partner Joshua Greenblatt, who had been with the firm since…

By Gayle Cinquegrani, Bloomberg BNA The musical-chairs-style movement of labor and employment lawyers in Pennsylvania continued Aug. 2 when eight Philadelphia lawyers left Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. Buchanan Ingersoll lost several labor and employment attorneys in May when Cozen O’Connor opened a Pittsburgh office. With these newcomers, Buchanan has…

Below are the most recent partner hires, promotions and general counsel appointments. The column covers moves announced from July 31 to Aug. 3. DLA Piper Expanding DLA Piper announced the addition of Gislar Donnenberg to its Corporate practice in Houston on August 1. Donnenberg represented companies engaged in the exploration, production, and distribution of natural…

By Gayle Cinquegrani, Bloomberg BNA A group of 10 employee benefits and executive compensation partners left law firm McDermott Will & Emery to join Winston & Strawn. Seven of Winston’s new partners will be based in Chicago and three in Washington. The partners joining Winston’s Chicago office are Gerrie, Joseph S. Adams, Amy M. Gordon,…

David Rogers, head of McDermott Will & Emery’s labor, employment and benefits practice, is leaving the firm and joining Winston & Strawn with a team of partners, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Big Law Business. Rogers, a member of the firm’s management and recent member of the executive committee in Washington, D.C., submitted…

London-based Withers Worldwide has hired a team of seven corporate attorneys from Winston & Strawn in Hong Kong, including the former head of the firm’s corporate practice in Asia, Withers announced July 3. Mabel Lui, who will serve as head of the greater China commercial department at Withers, joins the international corporate practice along with two…

For law boutiques, hiring the wrong lawyer can be costly, as one bad apple in a small team can do more damage than a swing-and-a-miss at a 3,000-lawyer global operation. This truth has a number of small firms going to extra lengths to ensure that they attract the best lawyers who will jibe with the…